COVID-19: A family’s perspective
The emergence of a new virus of the Coronaviridae family, called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) which was detected for the first time in December 2019 in Wuhan…
My experience with the novel coronavirus: As doctor and patient
“She’s young,” I thought to myself one night as the intensive care physician on call in the hospital. I had been called to evaluate a patient in her thirties who…
COVID-19 disaster preparedness
Disaster has been defined in numerous terms. But in essence, disaster is a disruption of function that causes the ability of the affected community to overcome using its resources. Pandemics…
COVID-19 and risk exposure of the front line: Heroes or martyrs?
Are we heroes or martyrs? Well, it depends on many things. At the beginning of the pandemic, everyone saw us as heroes and I even came to feel like one….
The sudden appearance of SARS-CoV-2
Acknowledgments Special Thanks: Dr. Pilar Pardo and PAHO Washington for the enormous contribution to make this chapter possible. Introduction Numerous viral infections have risen in the last decades, causing severe…
Miscellaneous
1 What equations are commonly used on the wards? Anion Gap Na − (Cl + HCO 3 ) Normal = 10–14 FeNa FENa = [(U Na × S Cr )/(S…
Procedures
ESSENTIAL PROCEDURES Medical students will be expected to be able to perform the following procedures. Follow all standard barrier precautions. Note that in most instances, these procedures should only be…
History Taking
1 List the components of the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) TABLE A-1 Glasgow Coma Scale Eye Response (E) Verbal Response (V) Motor Response (M) 1 = No response 1 =…
Outpatient Medicine
1 What is outpatient medicine? Outpatient medicine (or ambulatory medicine) refers to medical care that is delivered without admission to the hospital. The patient enters the facility where care is…
